Boll-weevil exterminator.



E. A. SALTER.

BOLL WEEVIL EXTERIVHNATOR.

APPLICATION FILED IAII. I0. 1911.

1,250,516. Patented Dec. 18,1917.

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ATTOR N EY p .E. A. SALTER.

BOLL WEEVIL EXTERMlNATOR.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.10.1917.

l ,250 ,5 1 6 Patented Dee. 18, 1917.

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APPLICATION min 1AA.10. 1911.

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BOLL-WEEVIL EXTEBMHATOR To all whom, it may concern: Be it known that I, EDMoNn A. SALTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cypress, in the Parish of Natchitoches and State of Louisiana, have invented-'certain new and useful Improvements' in Boll-Weeof `whichthe following is a specication.

This invention relates bollI weevil exterminating machinefid'ivthe principal object of the invention to provide a machine of the character in which the plants may be shaken' or agitated to cause the boll Weevils to drop fronthe. plants and to further provide improved means for removing the `boll' weevils from the ground and Vfrom the cotton plants, the weevil collecting portion of the machine including a suction tank for receiving the weevils and an air pump for driving the weevils to the inlet nozzle of the suction tank, the air supply pipe of the pump leadpending stand 13 ing from the to create a suction therein.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this machine that the aumiliary frame carrying the air pump and weevil receptacle may be vertically adjusted to bring the nozzle of the blast pipe and suction pipe into the proper position with relation to the ground.

This invention is illustrated in the accoiriu` panying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view showing the improved machine in side elevation, i

Fig. 2 is a view sho 1.5 e its in rear elevation, v

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the improv machine,

F ig. 4 is a view vertical longitudinal section,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the nomle operating device, and,

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view through the weevil receptacle taken along the line 6 6 of F 3. c

This machine is provided with a tongue 10 having side bars or arms 11 and 12 extending rearwardly and :ww: in defor the axle or main driv i' the machine inI Patented Dec. 1s, 1917.

11 and 12. A driven shaft or pump actuating shaft 18 is rotatably carried by the side arms 11 and 12 and carries a large pulley Wheel 19 and a. small pulley wheel 20, the small pulley wheel being positioned in alinement with the large pulley'wheel 21 mounted upon the shaft 15 thus permitting rotary movement to be transmitted from the shaft 15 to the shaft 18 through the medium of the pulleys 20 and 21 and belt 22 passing around these pulleys. A clutch 23 is slidably mounted upon the shaft 15 and is engaged by latch lever 24 so that this clutch may with the clutch 25 of the pulley 21 thus controlling the rotation of the pulley 21.

The auxiliary frame 26 is positioned within the main frame and has its arms mounted upon the axle 18 and is provided at its forward end with an eye 27 with which is connected the line 28 carried by the 29. This cam 29 is pivotally mounted in a slot 10 formed in the tongue 10 and is conneet@ with the yoke 30 by means of a pin 31 so that when the shaft-32 with which the yoke is connected, is moved longitudinally of the machine, the cam will be rocked upon its pivot 29 and the aliary e vertically adjusted. This shaft 32 extends longitudinally of the frame and is provided at its rear end with a lever 33 b means of which it may be rotated or oscl ated to actuate the nozzle operating mechanism to be hereinafter described. A latch lever 34 vis ced by the toe 10 and is provided l with an eye 35 whi engages the rdnced intermediate portion 36 of the R32 and provides means whereby the shaft may be moved longitually to k the 29 vertically when the latch lever is moved.

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into 1 opening 39 formed in the plate 40 extending from the bar or head 41 connecting the nozzle moving or actuating arms 42. This head 41 is slidably connected with the cross bar- 43 by clamps 44 and when the shaft 32 is rotated or oscillated by means of the lever 33, the actuating bar will be moved transshaft 46 through the medium of the pulleys 24 and 47 and belt 48 passing around these pulleys. The iiexible outlet pipe49 for this pump terminates in a nozzle 50 positioned opposite the inlet nozzle 51 of the flexible l pipe 52 leading to the tank or weevil receptacle 53. This receptacle 53 is provided with a removable closure 54 carrying a Wire cage 55 to receive the Weevils andhold the same against passage from the housing into the pipe 56 leading to the pump 45.. It will thus be seen that when the pump .is in operation, the air will be sucked through the pipe 52 ,into the housing 53 and through the pipe 56 into the pump from which it will be forced through the pipe 49 and out thr0ughthe nozzle 50. This air blast will strike the plants thus driving the boll `weevil over toward the nozzle 51 into which they would be sucked and drawn upthrough the pipe 50 into the receptacle 5 3 where they" would accumulate in the cage 55. It will thus be seen that there has been provided a boll weevil exterminator which can be drawn across a field with the machine straddling a row and the boll weevil caused to drop from the plants through the operation of the collector, the auxiliary frame being adjusted vertically and the head 41 shifted so that the nozzles will be held adjacent theQplants to act upon the weevils with the blast from the nozzle 50 driving the weevils toward the nozzle 52 into which they will be sucked and drawn into the housing 53.

What is claimed is:-

1. A boll weevil exterminating machine comprising a main frame including a tongue and side arms extending from the tongue and terminating in depending arms having bearings, a driving shaft rotatably mounted in the bearings, a driven shaft rotatably carried by the side arms, means for transmitting rotary movement from the driving shaft Y to the driven shaft, an auxiliary frame positioned within the main frame and pivotally mounted upon the driven shaft, means for releasably holding the auxiliary frame at an adjusted angle, a cross bar carried by the auxiliary frame, nozzle engaging means madera by the auxiliary framel and provided With an air` outlet pipe forming an air inlet pipe for the pump, a closure/for the receptacle, a perforated cage kWithii'the receptacle, and an air inlet plpe for said receptacle, the air inletpipe of said receptacle and the air outletpipe of said pump being provided with nozzles positioned in -alinement and extend- -ing transversely of the machine.

2. A boll weevil exterminating machine comprising a main frame including a tongue and an axle constituting a driving shaft, a driven shaft carried by the main frame,'an auxiliary frame pivotally mounted upon the driven shaft, a pump carried by the auxiliary frame, a receptacle carried by the auxiliary frame, :rf-pipe leading from the receptacle to the pump, an air inlet pipe for said receptacle, terminating in a nozzle extending transversely of the frame, an air'outlet nozzlefor the pump'terminatin'g in a nozzle.

extending transversely of the frame and in alinementwith the nozzle ofwthe. inlet pipe of said receptacle,a pump shaft for said pump, means for transmitting rotary movement from the driving shaft to the driven shaft, means for transmitting rotary movement from the-*driven shaft to the pump shaft, means for vertically adjusting said auxiliary frame and rele'asabl;7 holding the same in an adjusted position, and plant actuating means carried by said auxiliary frame.

3. A boll weevil exterminating machine comprising a mainframe including a tongue and a driving shaft, a driven shaft carried by the main frame, an auxiliary frame pivotally mounted upon the driven shaft, a cam carried by said tongue, a line connected with the cam and with the auxiliary frame, a.

shaft connected with said cam, means for moving said shaft longitudinally to move said cam and vertically adjust the auxiliary frame, a nozzle operator-slidably connected with the auxiliary frame, a finger extending beneath the shaft and engagingthe nozzle operator, means for oscillating the shaft to move said nozzle operator transversely of the auxiliary frame, a pump vcarried by the auxiliary frame and including a pump shaft, means for transmitting rotary movement from the driving shaft to the driven shaft, means for transmitting rotary movement from the driven shaft to the pump shaft, a receptacle, a pipe leading from the receptacle to the pump, an outlet pipe leading from the pump and terminating in an outletnozzle, and an inlet pipe for said receptacle provided with a nozzle in alinement with the nozzle of the outlet pipe.

45A boll weevil exterminating machine comprising a main frame, a driving shaft carried by the main frame, a driven shaft carried by/ the main frame, an auxiliary frame pivotally mounted upon the driven shaft, a shaft carried by the main frame,

. means for vertically adjusting the auxiliary frame including a cam actuated through longitudinal movement of the shaftbf said main frame, nozzle guiding means carried by said auxiliary frame, actuating means for the guiding means mounted upon' the shaft and moved to actuate the guiding means through oscillating movement of the shaft,

a pump carried by the auxiliaryv frame and including a pump shaft and an outlet pipe, a

ting rotaryrmovement from receptacle carried by the auxiliary frame and including an inlet pipe and a pipe lead- 'ing to the pump, means for transmitting.

rotary movement from the driving shaft to the driven shaft, and means for transmitthe driven shaft to the pump shaft.

5. A boll weevil exterminating machine v comprising a main frame, a driving shaft carried by the main frame, a driven shaft carried by the'main frame, an auxiliary frame pivotally mounted upon the driven shaft, nozzle guiding means slidably con- 1nectedwith the 'auxiliary frame, means for vertically adjusting the auxiliary frame including a cam carried bythe main frame, a shaft connectedwith the cam and provided with an actuating element engaging the guiding means, means for moving the shaft longitudinally to rock the cam and vertically adjust the auxiliary frame, means for oscillating the shaft to actuate the guiding means, a pump including a pump shaft, a receptacle having a 'pipe leading to the pump, means for transmitting rotary movement from the driving shaft to thepump shaft, and pipes leading from the receptacle and pump and provided with alined nozzles.

6. A boll weevil exterminating machine comprising a main frame including a driving shaft, a pivotally* mounted auxiliary frame, a rece tacle carried by said auxiliary frame, a `per orated weevil container in said receptacle, an inlet pipe leading from said receptacle and terminating in a nozzle, a pump carried by said auxiliary frame including a pump shaft, means for tranmitting rotary movement from` the driving shaft to the pump shaft, an outlet pipe leading from the pump and provided with a, nozzle in alinemnt with the nozzle of the inlet pipe of said receptacle, a pipe leading from said `receptacle to said pump for conducting air from said receptacle to said a pump, nozzle guiding means carried by said auxiliary frame, means for vertically adjusting the auiiafy-fframe, and actuating at 'means for the guiding means. v

7.- A.4 boll weevil exterminatingmachine comprising a main frame, `al driving shaft carried by the main frame, an auxiliary frame pivotally mounted, a pump carried by the auxiliary frame and provided with a pump shaft, means for transmitting movement from the driving shaft to the pump shaft, an outletl pipe leading from said,

frame, a weevil receptacle carried by the auxiliary frame, a pump carriedA byV the auxiliary frame and having an inlet pipe communicating with the weevil receptacle for vcreating a suction therein, means for transmitting movement from the driving shaft to the pump for actuating the pump from the driving shaft, a cross bar carried by the auxiliary frame, a nozzle guide slidablymounted upon the cnoss bar and provided with depending plant engaging a means for vertically adjusting the aux` lary frame including an actuating bar having an arm extending therefrom to engage said vguiding means, means for moving said bar longitudinally to vertically adjust the auxiliary sus4 frame, means for rotating said bar to oscillate the arm extending therefrom and move the guiding means transversely of the auxiliary frame, an air inlet pipe extending from said receptacle,'and an air outlet pipe 5 extending from said pump in operative relation to the inlet pipe for directing a blast across the space between the air outlet pipe and air inlet pipe and drive the weevils into the inlet pipe. Y

9. A. boll weevil exterminating machine comprising a main frame, an auxiliary frame carried by said main frame, a weevil receptacle carried by the auxiliary frame, nozzle guiding means carried by the auxillary receptacle. means forl vertically adjusting said auxiliary frame. ,including means for frame, a pump carried by theauxiliaryv frame and having communication with said actuating the nozzle guiding means, and' means for operating said pump.

10'. A bollweevil exterminating machine rcomprising a main frame, anr auxiliary frame carried by the main frame, nozzle "ding means carried by the auxiliary me, means carriedby the main framefor vertically adjusting the auxiliary frame, and

actuating the nozzle guiding means, suction In testimony whereof I ax my signature operated Weevilcollecting means carried by in presence of two Witnesses:

said auxiliary frame and including a weevil l Y'EDMON D A. SALTER. receptacle and a pump communicating there- Witnesses:

v5 with, and means carried by the main frame S. D. LARAZE,

for actuating said pump. SAM LARAZE. 

